Ryan Wallace - Football Coach - Oregon State University Athletics

Ryan Wallace

Title:
Co-Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends

Ryan Wallace will join the Oregon State football program as Co-Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach, Head Coach JaMarcus Shephard has announced.

"Ryan Wallace is somebody who I consider to be a ball coach," Shephard said. "He has developed a number of different tight ends that are currently playing in the National Football League and former NFL players. He is someone who I have seen grow and develop throughout his entire coaching career, from being a player to where he is now. Ryan will bring a wealth of knowledge from various schemes and defensive schemes to compete in the new Pac-12 Conference. We are excited to have Ryan Wallace."

Wallace was previously the tight ends coach at Louisville University since December 2022 after spending six seasons at Purdue University in different offensive coaching capacities.

"My family and I are so excited to join the Beaver family," Wallace said. "I have known Coach Shephard for over a decade and consider him both a phenomenal football coach and a passionate leader of men. I cannot wait to get to work and build a brand of football that Oregon State fans will be proud of for the years to come."

The appointment is contingent on the completion of all university hiring processes.

In three seasons at Louisville, Wallace coached a tight ends group that had a combined 17 touchdown receptions and helped lead an offensive unit that was among the best in the nation in total offense and passing yards.

Wallace was hired at Purdue in 2017, spending his first two seasons as offensive/special teams quality control before being promoted to tight ends coach and special teams assistant. He spent the 2022 season as the tight ends coach and assisted with the offensive line.

During his time with the Boilermakers, Wallace coached Brycen Hopkins, who was named the Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, and Payne Durham, who earned second team All-BIG Ten accolades.

Hopkins was a First Team All-Big Ten selection and Second Team All-America by USA Today in 2019 when he had 61 receptions for 830 yards and seven touchdowns, the most reception and yardage total by a Purdue tight end since 2007. Durham had 56 receptions for 560 yards and eight touchdowns in 2022 and concluded his college career second on Purdue's all-time receiving list for touchdowns with 21 and sixth with 1,265 receiving yards.

Wallace spent one season at Austin Peay in 2016 as tight ends coach and helped the Governors finish third in the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing and break school game records for total offense multiple times. Austin Peay signed the No.1 recruiting class in FCS, according to 24/7 Sports, that season.

Prior to his stint at Austin Peay, Wallace spent three seasons as a graduate assistant at Western Kentucky, where he worked directly with the tight ends in 2014 and 2015 and with the offensive line in 2013. In 2015, the Hilltoppers won the Conference USA Championship Game and Miami Beach Bowl and finished 24th in the final Associated Press poll.

Western Kentucky finished that season first in the nation in passing touchdowns, fifth in passing yards and scoring offense, and eighth in total offense. The season prior, the Hilltoppers broke 47 offensive school records, finished first in the country in passing touchdowns, second in passing yards, fourth in total offense and sixth in scoring offense.

Hilltopper tight ends Mitchell Henry and Tyler Higbee earned all-conference honors in 2014, with Higbee going on to be selected in the fourth round of the NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams in 2015.

Wallace played tight end for two seasons at Western Kentucky in 2011-12 and one year as an offensive tackle at Kentucky in 2010.

He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Western Kentucky in 2013 and a master's degree in sports administration from Western Kentucky in 2015.

Wallace and his wife, Sammie, have one son, Seager.

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